Ch. Victor Moses

Ch. Victor Moses is President[1] Emeritus of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society headquartered in Guntur. Victor Moses is an Old Testament Scholar and a member[2] of the Society for Biblical Studies, India, an august body of learning having members well versed in Hebrew and Greek languages hailing from the Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Pentecostal traditions.

Ch. Victor Moses
The Reverend
ChurchLutheran
DioceseSynods of East Godavari, West Godavari, East Guntur, West Guntur, Central Guntur
SeeAndhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)
In office2001-2005
PredecessorN. Ch. Joseph
SuccessorV. E. Christopher
Personal details
BornAndhra Pradesh, India

As an Old Testament Scholar, Victor Moses was made a member[3] of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary Old Testament Translation Panel headed by the Old Testament Scholars, Victor Premasagar and G. Babu Rao that oversaw the common language translation in Telugu.[4]

Victor Moses currently leads the Pastoral[5] team[6] at the historical AELC St. Matthew's West Parish. Victor Moses also teaches[7] Sacred Scriptures at the Bethel Bible College, Guntur.

Studies

Victor Moses had his spiritual formation[8] at the Protestant Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, a Seminary affiliated to India's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), a Section 2(f) University within the meaning of the University Grants Commission. The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society under the aegis of its President, S. W. Schmitthenner was instrumental in sending Victor Moses for spiritual formation at the Protestant Seminary[9] where Victor Moses had developed interest in the Sacred Scriptures, especially the Old Testament after being groomed by Victor Premasagar and G. Babu Rao, then Old Testament Scholars at the Protestant Seminary. Other Spiritual Formators at the Protestant Seminary where Victor Moses studied included Ravela Joseph and M. Victor Paul.

Subsequently, Victor Moses was assigned pastoral roles in the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society. Later, the Church Society sent Victor Moses in 1986[10] to the United Theological College, Bangalore where Victor Moses undertook postgraduate studies specializing in Old Testament under Theodore N. Swanson and E. C. John[10] and D. N. Premnath[10] working out a dissertation entitled The concept of remnant in the prophetical books of the Old Testament.[11] By 1988,[10] Victor Moses returned to take up ecclesiastical duties with the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society.

Teaching and academics

The Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University) invited[8] Victor Moses to teach Old Testament. The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society had accorded leave-on-lien to Victor Moses to enable him to take up a teaching assignment.[9]

Victor Moses has authored homiletical books in Telugu,

  • Prabhu Sandesha Maalika[8] (2008),
  • Daiva Sandesha Sumaalu[9] (2012).

Victor Moses has written scholarly articles for the Gurukul Journal of Theological Studies, which include,

  • Affluence through Oppression: Socio-Economic and Religio-Political Policies of Solomon, (1990)[12]

Church matters and subsequent election

During his teaching assignment at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College,[8] Chennai, Victor Moses expressed his desire to take up pastoral roles after which he was assigned the duty of Pastor at the Lutheran Church, Chirala.[13]

Religious titles
Preceded by
N. Ch. Joseph
2000-2001		 President
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
2001-2005		 Succeeded by
V. E. Christopher
2005-2009
Academic offices
Preceded by
 Associate Professor of Old Testament
Gurukul Lutheran Theological College		 Succeeded by
Thomas Babu

References
  1. See Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
  2. Fr. Max Gonsalves, SFX (Compiled), Directory of Society for Biblical Studies in India, 1998.
  3. Telugu Old Testament Common Language Panel Members, Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary
  4. H. S. Wilson, Introduction in The Church on the move: a quest to affirm the biblical faith ; essays in honour of Peddi Victor Premasagar, Bishop in Medak and Moderator of the C.S.I., presented on the occasion of his Shastiabdapoorthi celebrations, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.vi.
  5. "The Sowing Circle, Volume 27, 1 and 2, January to June 2011, p.11" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Church Compound Vandalised". The Hindu. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. Senate of Serampore College (University), Directory of teaching staff
  8. Ch. Victor Moses, Prabhu Sandesha Maalika, Printed at Srushti Graphics, Guntur, 2008.
  9. Ch. Victor Moses, Daiva Sandesha Sumaalu, Printed at Sri Lakshmi Press, Guntur, 2012.
  10. Gnana Robinson (Edited), Directory of the United Theological College, Bangalore, 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997, p.124.
  11. Ch. Victor Moses, The concept of remnant in the prophetical books of the Old Testament in Thesis Titles, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 1991
  12. Ch. Victor Moses, Affluence through Oppression: Socio-Economic and Religio-Political Policies of Solomon in Gurukul Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1990. pp.53-62
  13. AELC Pastors Directory.

Further reading
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